The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-15

The Wife of Bishop, the Mind-Reader, Mys
teriously Missing.

teriously Missing.
New York Special to Globe-D emocrat.
The report to-day that the wife of Washington
Irving Bishop had either fed from her fashions
ole home in Boston. or had been abducted there
from, caused decided sensation at the Hoffman
House, where the mind-reader is staying.
Friends and reporters swarmed about the
apartments of MIR. Bishop to condole with him
his misfortune. and to obtain, if possible,
further details of the affair. Mr. Bishop had
kept out of the way all day. however spending
the morning with his mother at her house on
on West Twenty third street, and the afternoon
with Col. Robert G.. Ingerso
II was only in the evening just as he was
about to leave to fulfill his engagement at Col
s. SInnss Park Theater, Brooklyn, that the rep
resentatives of the press caught him. To each
of them Mr.. Bishop said that the statement was
entirely correct. He had but one thing further
to say. Last night he received the following
enigmatcal dispatch from his wife:
DETROIT March l2.-Can meet you either at Buff
fao or Albanys Have much to reveal. HELEN.
He Immediately telegraphed the following in
reply:
NEW YORK March 12.-Mrs. Helen G.. Bishop
Detroit, Mich: The false information received by
in answer to urgent inquiries by telegraph to your
family concerning your whereabouts, and your mex
pcable conduct in Detroit instead of coming to your
husband after you had been repeatedly advised by his
physicians that he was at deaths door will tomorro
be criticised by the throughout the country If
YOU wish to protect your honor it will be necessary
for you to come to New York Immediately otherwise
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lieving that you have disregarded your marriage
vows Your heartless conduct and refusal to answer
any of comm uneations has received the saTerest
censure. Impossible for me to meet you en- route
My mother will receive you at her residence Tefe
graph rae immediately your intentions Address care
of my mother. WASHINGTON IRVING BISHOP. b.
Twenty-four hours have elapsed. and Mr..
Bishop has not yet received any reply to his
telegram. This leads him to believe that his
wife is under duress, and that her telegram was
either surreptitiouslv sent or transmitted with
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whole affair we'll planned conspiracy to rob
him of his wife,
Some months ago, he says attempt was
made TO estrange his eleven year-old daughter
| by his first marriage from him. The little one,
| who is a remarkably bright child, with large
| rolling. black eyes, full of tenderness, and in
| dicative Of keen mental activity, was told by
parties in interest that her father was all that
| WAS vile and atrocjouS The most dreadful
calumnies were used against him, but thu shaft
| failed hit the mark it was leveled at The
little one believed in her father, and further eff
| forts to poison her mind were not essaved
Mr.. Bishop thinks that this same occult
| influence has been brought to bear upon his
wife. and possibly her mother: that he has been
| malgued by the parties referred to- and that
| either through superior mental strength such
/ as strong man can exert woman, or
through foreihle means. his wife withheld
| from him. The party most in interest he be-
| lieves to be her former husband, millionaire
| Thomas j. Loud, who, he SAYS, is passionately
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man. and would have the courage to attempt
any feat, however hazardous, those who know
| him say to gain his point.
| Mrs. Bishop. who has thus become suddenly
| known to fame, both by her romantic marriage
| with the clever mind reader after a sensational
divorce suit and her recent escapade, is account
| ed one of the most beautiful women in Boston.
She is above the medium height, and possesses
a figure OF SURPRISING loneliness So graceful,
! indeed. are its outlines. that the Boston PAPERS
at the time of her divorce proceedings.
termed her second Helen Of
| Troy. Her pale, clear compile xon
is illumined by bright. gazelle like eyes, at once
full of tenderness and animation. Her rich.
brown hair is cut closely to the head, and gives
sort Of chic dash to her appearance. To a
| sweet disposition she unites a charm of manner
aud delicate vvacity that captivate all who fall
| within the radius of her bright eyes. Mr..
Bishop was engaged to be married to her before
she was divorced from MIR. Loud He met her
abroad, and she became captivated by his sci
ence or talent. whatever his peculiar power may
be called. Not long after the divorce they were
| married.
1t is believed that Mr.. and Mrs. Mack, the
father and mother of Mrs. Bishop, were opposed
to her alliance with the mlnd-reader. They
| too very wealthy
Mr.. Bishop said tonight that if he did no,
hear from his wife to morrow he would place
the matter in the hands of detectives.